This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/jctb.6541 Sieving process selects sugarcane bagasse with lower recalcitrance to xylan solubilization Rosângela Cristina Alves 1 , Ranieri Bueno Melati 1 , Giovanna Maria Stanfoca Casagrande 1 , Jonas Contiero 2 , Fernando Carlos Pagnocca 2 , Michel Brienzo 1 1 Institute for Research in Bioenergy (IPBEN), University of São Paulo State (UNESP), Rio Claro-SP, Brazil 2 Biochemistry and Microbiology Department, University of São Paulo State (UNESP), Rio Claro-SP, Brazil Corresponding author: Michel Brienzo Email: michel.brienzo@unesp.br Phone: +55 19 3531-8407 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.